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PBA All Stars: Meralco’s Baser Amer lights out in MVP-caliber performance

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Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/sports/05/24/2018-pba-all-stars-baser-amer-1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/sports/05/24/2018-pba-all-stars-baser-amer-2.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>The timing of Baser Amer&#x27;s heat check helped the Meralco playmaker and Davao City native to win Most Valuable Player of the game. <cite>PBA Media Bureau</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The timing of Baser Amer&#x27;s heat check helped the Meralco playmaker and Davao City native to win Most Valuable Player of the game. <cite>PBA Media Bureau</cite></p></div></div></div><p>DIGOS CITY—Team Mindanao ran rings around the Smart PBA All Stars composed of Gilas Pilipinas players in the first leg of the league&#x27;s mid-season event at Davao del Sur Coliseum here on Wednesday.</p><p>With emphasis on guard play, outside shooting and being in the right place at the right time, the player who thrived the most in that system was Baser Amer.</p><p>The game was a tossup until early in the fourth quarter when Tim Cone&#x27;s Mindanao squad strung together 3 consecutive 3-pointers that extended a 106-103 lead to 21 points in a span of 3 minutes.</p><p>In the decisive quarter, Amer scored 13 of his 22 points, including 3 makes from behind the arc.</p><p>He made all but 2 of his 11 field goals, including converting 4 of 6 overall from downtown, on top of tallying 7 rebounds and 7 assists.</p><p>The timing and the back-breaking nature of Amer&#x27;s heat check helped the Meralco playmaker and Davao City native win Most Valuable Player of the game.</p><p>“Halos lahat ng tinira ko libre, sabi kasi ni coach Tim sa&#x27;min kelangan &#x27;yung spacing namin sa loob maganda tapos &#x27;yung ball movement namin maganda,” said Amer, who took the win at the expense of his Meralco coach, Norman Black.</p><p>“Nagkataon lang na ako &#x27;yung nalilibre so credit sa mga teammates ko.”</p><p>Mark Barroca (20 points, 4 3-pointers, 7 assists), Peter June Simon (17 points, 8-of-9 field-goal shooting) and Carlo Lastimosa (16 points, 3 3-pointers) deserve special mention for their contributions to the win.</p><p>On a night when everyone stepped up for Team Mindanao, it&#x27;s hard to fault Amer for being surprised that he received the nod as best player.</p><p>“Nakakuha ako ng award na unexpected talaga, ‘yung MVP award. So one for the books para sa akin, extra bonus,” he said.</p><p>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)</p>

<p>With emphasis on guard play, outside shooting and being in the right place at the right time, the player who thrived the most in that system was Amer.</p>

With emphasis on guard play, outside shooting and being in the right place at the right time, the player who thrived the most in that system was Amer.

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PBA All Stars: Meralco’s Baser Amer lights out in MVP-caliber performance

Dennis Gasgonia,

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Published May 24, 2018 02:22 AM PHT

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